With its seven telecom operators namely Vodacom, Tigo, Airtel, TTCL, Smart, Benson, and Halotel trying to boost their presence in the telecom market and who wish to provide Tanzanians with high speed services, the need for new frequencies is most pressing. Well aware, Tanzania’s telecom regulatory authority TCRA announced the upcoming auction for new telecom frequencies, Daily News reports....

In Benin, the Ligh for All scheme which aims to provide light to the 10 million residents has just been launched. “This scheme through which solar lamps will be provided to primary school pupils and secondary school students, will allow all households to have access to electricity,” said Benin’s President Yayi Boni during the launching ceremony. The goal of the programme should be reached...

British pharmaceutical laboratory AstraZeneca Plc just launched an expansion plan in Africa that aims to boost drugs sales by 10% a year, by focusing on non-communicable diseases, Bloomberg reported on January 10th citing one of the firm’s officials. AstraZeneca, who already has a plant that manufactures drugs to treat high-blood pressure and cholesterol in Egypt, plans to build another one...

The Danish construction group FLSmidth via a release published on Feb.8 on its website said it has inked a €200 million contract with Algerian company Amouda Engineering for the construction of cement plant in Laghouat, 430km South of Algiers. The agreement plans for designing, provision of equipment, construction, setting and training of staff. Cited in the release, Per Mejnert...

The President of Malawi, Peter Mutharika, has lifted sanctions placed on oil and gas exploration exercise on Lake Malawi, Minister of Foreign Affairs revealed. The president had in 2014 postponed oil and gas exploration on the lake due to claims that the granting of licences to foreign companies was suspiciously done. The lifting of the sanction, is to now grant oil and gas companies access to...

The court of Marrakech has dismissed the complaint from the Moroccan Association for citizen protection (AMDC) against the movie “Much Loved” indicating that the association was “not recognized as a public service and could thus not engage any legal proceedings”. AMDC filed many complaints against movie director Nabil Ayouch, the main actress, Loubna Abidar, and any other person to have...

The prices of crude oil increased on Friday on talks of a coordinated production cut by the energy minister of the United Arab Emirates but analysts still believe it is unlikely and the supply glut will continue. International benchmark Brent crude increased by 3.6 % at $31.15 per barrel. According to the United Arab Emirates’ energy minister, Suhail bin Mohammed al-Mazrouei, the...

The Fashion Days for Unity for the first time ever will be held in Africa, Congo. The meeting which will reunite small African artisans and actors of the African fashion industry will give the artisans a chance to get introduced into the traditional economic system. Home to Fashion and High Couture, the first African edition of the fashion Days for Unity will take place on June 17 and 18 in...

In Nigeria, a visiting German trade delegation has shown interest in the country’s gas supply. According to the delegation which was led by the Vice Minister for Economic Affairs & Energy and Member of the German Parliament, Uwe Beckmeyer, Germany plans to develop business relationship in order to fast-track the supply of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) particularly in ship building...

The Department of Science and Technology (DST) in collaboration with the Offshore Petroleum Association of South Africa (Opasa), have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the just launched South African Marine Research and Exploration Forum (Samref). The forum, revealed that the B3 element of Operation Phakisa has been initiated. The operation focuses on the use of offshore oil...